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Sceloporus merriami (Canyon Lizard)

Synonyms: Sceloporus merriarni willaimsi

Wikipedia Abstract

Sceloporus merriami, commonly known as the canyon lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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Infraspecies

Sceloporus merriami annulatus (Big Bend canyon lizard)
Sceloporus merriami australis (Southeastern Canyon Lizard)
Sceloporus merriami ballingeri (Ballingers Canyon Lizard)
Sceloporus merriami longipunctatus (Presidio Canyon lizard)
Sceloporus merriami merriami (Merriam's Canyon lizard)
Sceloporus merriami sanojae (Sanoja's Canyon Lizard)
Sceloporus merriami williamsi (Williams Canyon Lizard)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.5 grams
Birth Weight [1]  1 grams
Gestation [1]  36 days
Litter Size [1]  5
Litters / Year [1]  2
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.968 inches (5 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Saxicolous

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Chihuahuan desert Mexico, United States Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests Mexico, United States Nearctic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Amistad National Recreation Area   Texas, United States
Big Bend Biosphere Reserve National Park II 815561 Texas, United States

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Atractis penneri <Unverified Name>[3]
Parathelandros texanus[3]
Physaloptera retusa[3]
Spauligodon giganticus[3]
Strongyluris similis[3]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0